Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.

Power exercised with violence has seldom been of long duration.

There is nothing the wise man does reluctantly.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Whatever we give to the wretched, we lend to fortune.

What once were vices are manners now.

See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.